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For my granddaughter part 2
This is what I knitted from the yarn I spun in January. I love the "Old Shell" lace patterns of Shetland. It's designed for colored lace knitting, and works very well with the handpainted look of my...
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Beautiful Stockholm
Since my son moved to Stockholm I have come to like that town a lot. I went there last week to see my granddaughter for the first time. I'm sorry the world we live in is of a kind where you don't want...
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Dyeing
I have been dying! This is about 1.2 kilos Falkland top. I have blue Merino and very soft longwool in my stash, so now I have plenty to spin either as it is, or to blend on a hackle or combs. The...
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Dear everybody...
... I'm here, I'm doing lots of things, but can't seem to get my photos from the camera, on the laptop, online etc... So will show you an old photo: Rhubarb 2012! This is what it looks like this year...
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Spinning at Stundars again
I have been spinning with school children twice in May. The home for my guild Björken (The Birch) is here: Stundars. Every spring the staff at Stundars arrange craft days for 1400-1600 children. This...
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Spinning in Sweden
I was spinning with Ravelry friends in Sweden last weekend. It was absolutely wonderful! I took the old new ferry from Vaasa across the Gulf of Bothnia to Umeå, and it was so fun! In the 80s we took...
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Gute, a cat, some goats
On my trip to Sweden for the spinning fest I saw sheep I thought I'd never see: Gute! Gute sheep, once called Gotländskt utegångsfår, are the origin of Gotland sheep. They are strong, hardy sheep,...
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Dreaming of Shetland
The fundraising e-book for Deb Robson's Shetland research will be published very soon: Dreaming of Shetland. I have pre-ordered mine! Deb's blog post about the project: Dreaming of Shetland. I'm so...
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Certificate of Achievement
Combed Wensleydale Dear friends: the assessment for the Certificate of Achievement is over, and I passed! I'm a bit overwhelmed and very happy. The next couple of weeks I will write about it here, but...
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Fish leather
I was at a fair last Saturday and saw lots of beautiful crafts, but this pleased me the most: fish leather made by two ladies from Bergö, a small island off the coast of Ostrobotnia: You find one of...
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Window doctor, tomatoes and beans, and a beautiful and determined dog
Hubby broke one of our window panes when mowing the lawn. How? Probably a flying stone. Our house is old, so it's not quite easy to repair a window. We have been thinking about how to fix the fourteen...
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Certificate of Achievement - report
When I retired in January 2011 I knew what I'd do for the rest of my life: spin yarn. But I didn't know it would swallow me so totally. I wanted to develop my skills, so I looked at ways to do that...
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Spinnkurs i Vörå MI med mig som kursledare! Garnspinning för nybörjare - Langankehruuta aloittelijoille. Pidän kehruukurssin Vöyrin kansalaisopistossa! Välkomna! Tervetuloa!
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Harvest time
It feels a bit too early, as always, but also like this is the meaning of the summer: The neighbor is harvesting his barley, and his pigs will eat it and grow pork for us. The valley is almost done,...
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Troll butter and weavers
That's what it looked like yesterday evening, and this morning: Fuligo septica, in Swedish trollsmör, "troll butter", "scrambled egg slime" (amongst other names) in English. The spiders are busy in...
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Dyeing
I have been dyeing lately. This is lovely NZ Merino from Ullaffären. I bought 1 kilo white top a couple of years ago, when Renee had this wonderful quality. Some of you may know Renee from Ravelry,...
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Books
This summer I have purchased a few books. Some of you may know I worked as a librarian for forty years. Books are an essential part of my life. Even if I read lots of e-books and listen to audiobooks...
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Fox and crows. On the field today
So what am I doing midst of these crows? I'd better get up. They won't leave me alone. Damned field. Why do they have to plow so early in the autumn? Almost home! They can't follow me under the barn.
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